Growlers and Tastings Report: April 13, 2012

● For tonight’s Friday Night Flights at Party Town in Florence, they will be sampling new brews from Three Floyds, New Albanian and Fort Collins. The cost for the regular tasting is $2 for a full flight of beers and it goes from 6:00 – 7:00 pm.

● Main Street Wine and Spirits will be having a beer tasting tonight from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. The beers available are Abita Strawberry Harvest, Bear Republic XP Pale Ale, Great Lakes Holy Moses White Ale and Victory Whirlwind Witbier. All tastes are fifty cents each.

● The new growler station at Listermann Brewing Company (1621 Dana Ave.) has Listermann Friar Bacon Smoked Bock, Listermann Enter the Beagle IPA, Triple Digit Blarney Stone Irish Red and Listermann Pre-Prohibition Lager. The cost is$13 for new growler and fill, $10 for a refill.

● On the growler station at One Stop Liquors (10 Donnermeyer Dr., Bellevue, KY), they currently have Leinenkugel Summer Shandy ($6.99), Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale ($10.99) and Samuel Adams Tasman Red ($11.99). All prices are for a refill. For a new growler, add $2.99. Also, receive $5 off your 6th refill.

● Whole Foods Market Cincinnati growler station offerings [as of April 5th] are Killian’s Irish Red, Dogfish Head Chicory Stout, Bluegrass Brewing Co Bourbon Barrel Stout, 21st Amendment Lower DeBoom Barleywine and Flying Dog Tire Bite Golden Ale. Regular fill prices are $7.49 for the 32 oz growler and $14.99 for the 64 oz growler. They also have Happy Hour pricing on Monday through Thursday from 3:00 to 6:00 pm with $4.99 for the 32 oz growler and $9.99 for the 64 oz growler. For a new growler, add $3.99. [Thanks again to Ed Paff for the update.]